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Mental Misstep

{U/P}

Instant

New Phyrexia·nph #38·Uncommon·2011·Art by Erica Yang
StandardNot Legal
ModernBanned
CommanderLegal
LegacyBanned
PioneerNot Legal
VintageRestricted
Mental Misstep
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Oracle Text

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)

Counter target spell with mana value 1.

"Your first mistake was thinking I would let you live long enough to make a second." —Sarnvax, Gitaxian sective

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Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernBanned
LegacyBanned
VintageRestricted
CommanderLegal

Rulings7

6/1/2011·wotc

Each Phyrexian mana symbol in a spell's mana cost contributes 1 to that spell's mana value. For example, Mental Misstep's mana value is 1, regardless of how its cost was paid.

6/1/2011·wotc

To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.

6/1/2011·wotc

If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be the value chosen for it while that spell is on the stack.

Print Details

Set
New Phyrexia (NPH)
Number
#38
Rarity
Uncommon
Artist
Erica Yang
Frame
2003
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil

Value

USD
$7.98
USD Foil
$170.72
EUR
€5.99
EUR Foil
€134.34
MTGO Tix
0.03

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